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Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

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A new study published today in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center details a therapeutic vulnerability in  patients with an aggressive ...

Cancer’s most catastrophic DNA damage has long looked like a crime scene without a culprit, with chromosomes shattered and reassembled in ways that defy normal biology. Now researchers say they have ...

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AI maps fleeting DNA quadruplexes, revealing paired structures that control genes in healthy cells and cancer.